Job 42:17
And so Job died, old and full of years.
BSB
ASV
So Job died, being old and full of days.
KJV
So Job died, being old and full of days.
We are to understand that this prosperity lasted until his death, and so the text says, "and he died an old man," which expresses his duration of life, "and full of days," which expresses the prosperity of his life. He indicated his adversity already when …
So Job died, being old and full of days - Having filled up the ordinary term of human life at that period of the world. He reached an honored old age, and when he died was not prematurely cut down. He was “regarded” as an old man.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Job 5:26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
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You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Through
Psalms 91:16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
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for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
